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Chiapas Closes Mexico Oil Well

Chiapas Closes Mexico Oil Well Reflecting the mounting safety concerns plaguing Mexico's state-owned petroleum industry, the governor of Chiapas this week shut down a federally owned and operated oil well that he said posed a health and environmental hazard. It is believed to be the first time a state has shut down an installation of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, an entity whose revenue funds more than 30% of the federal government's budget. The closed well contributes little economically to Pemex, but company officials are said to fear that Chiapas' intervention could set a precedent. The move by Chiapas Gov. Pablo Salazar comes as

Francisco Escarcega : Campeche

Francisco Escarcega Escarcega, as it is commonly known, is a major hub for travellers on their way south to the states of Tabasco and Chiapas, north to Merida in the state of Yucatan, east to Maya sites in Campeche and Quintana Roo states, and further east to the city of Chetumal. The town itself is not particularly enticing, set on a busy highway with a dusty wild-west atmosphere. If stuck here overnight, all you need to know is that there is a clean budget hotel around the corner from the bus terminal {Escarcega, see below), one bank nearby and several cheap

Bad weather shuts down Mexico oil ports

Bad weather shuts down Mexico oil ports Bad weather shut down two of Mexico's three main Gulf Coast oil export ports Monday, the government said. Two ports in the Bay of Campeche -- Pajaritos in Veracruz state and Dos Bocas in Tabasco -- were closed as a cold front moved through, although the offshore oil loading terminal at Cayo Arcas remained open, Mexico's Communications and Transportation Department said in a statement. State oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, produces almost 3 million of its 3.4 million-barrel daily crude oil output in the Bay of Campeche. The company exports about half of its crude,

Mexico’s Roberto Madrazo Wins PRI Presidential Primary Election

Mexico's Roberto Madrazo Wins PRI Presidential Primary Election Mexico's Roberto Madrazo, the former governor of the state of Tabasco, won the primary election for the presidential nomination of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the country's largest political party. Madrazo had 91 percent of the votes with the ballots from 74 percent of polling stations counted, according to the party's Web site. Everardo Moreno, Madrazo's only rival after former state of Mexico Governor Arturo Montiel dropped out of the contest, had 9 percent of the vote. Mariano Palacios, president of the party, declared Madrazo the winner as of 11:30 p.m. New York time

The coast road : Campeche

The coast road Although Highway 180 via Ciudad del carmen is narrow, crumbling into the sea in places and usually ignored by tourists intent on visiting Palenque, this journev is a beautiful one and more interesting than the fast toll road inland to Campeche. The road threads its way from Villahermosa 78 km north through marshland and rich cacao, banana and coconut plantations, passing turn-offs to several tiny coastal villages with palm-lined but otherwise mediocre beaches. It eventually leads to the river port of Frontera (Population; 28,650), where Graham Greene began the research journey in 1938 that led to the publication

Isla Aguada : Campeche

Isla Aguada Eleven kilometres beyond Carmen is the Rancho EIFfriix, with an interesting iguana (lagarto) hatchery. Highway 180 runs northeast along the Isla del Carmen and crosses the bridge to Isia Aguada (C Hotel Tarpon Tropical. D Motel La Cabana and Trailer Park at former boat landing just after the toll bridge. Full hook-up, hot showers, laundry facilities, quiet, US$12 for vehicle and two people), actually a narrow peninsula with more deserted shell-littered beaches on the Gulf shore. The road then undulates its way northeast through tiny fishing villages towards Campeche; there are many offshore oil rigs to be seen. At

Fox: Mexico ’advancing on all fronts’

Fox: Mexico 'advancing on all fronts' With his countrymen buffeted by underworld violence and his government blasted for failing to contain it, President Vicente Fox vows to defeat Mexico's murderous drug gangs. "When you are cleaning up a cesspool, you pass through a period of violence in which things are difficult," Fox said in a wide-ranging interview with the Houston Chronicle. "But we are going to win the battle, because we are taking all the necessary measures." Fox, whose July 2000 election ended seven decades of single-party grip on national power, has entered the twilight of his six-year presidential term. As the clock

PRI Primary Too Close to Call in Mexico

PRI Primary Too Close to Call in Mexico Supporters of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) are almost equally divided between two possible presidential nominees, according to a poll by Reforma. 45 per cent of respondents will vote for former Tabasco governor Roberto Madrazo in the primary contest, while 44 per cent would back former State of Mexico governor Arturo Montiel. The PRI ruled Mexico for 71 consecutive years, losing its first presidential election in 2000 with candidate Francisco Labastida. Vicente Fox of the National Action Party (PAN) won a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote. In 2000, Labastida was

Tlaxcala City: State of Tlaxcala

Tlaxcala is the name of both a state in Tlaxcala and that state's capital city. This article is about the city. The city of Tlaxcala is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of the same name. The city is located at 19°31′ N 98°24′ W and it reported a population of 73,184 in the 2000 census. The city, though originally settled by native peoples, was officially "founded" in 1520 by Hernán Cortés – with whom they had an alliance against their former Aztec oppressors.

Celaya: State of Guanajuato

Celaya is a city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located at 20.52°N, 100.82°W. It is the third most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of about 382,958 in 2000. Explosion of inproperly protected gunpowder and fireworks warehouse in September 1999 killed over 60 people and badly injured over 300.